Fishing The Far Horizons
PWorking The Continental Shelf And Beyond For Big Fish

A quick study of any large-scale map of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico will reveal that the “edge of the shelf”–the 100-fathom curve–is located far from the beach along most of this coast. Except for the Louisiana Delta, where the Mississippi River has created a bridge between deep water over the course of several centuries, the 100-fathom curve creeps away from the Florida panhandle and the tip of Texas to lay 50 to 100 miles offshore. This deeper water is where most of the true, blue-water big game fish like marlin, swordfish and tuna will be found. This creates a good news/bad news situation for both fish and fishermen. A fishery this far from land will always see limited participation, due to the effort and expense required of anglers to get there, meaning fishing pressure is not likely to be heavy. For those able to sample this bounty of the deep, however, the fishing action can be truly legendary. ...

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